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[Kawh1]

Hello,

 

Just looking around to get a trolley jack for the man cave and I was wondering what max lifting height is recommended for a Classic Mini?

 

Cheers

[nicklouse]

No such thing.

[Kawh1]

Thanks so much for that..

[Spider]

Get one that will fit under your jacking points when it's lowered, that might be the greatest challenge as far as how high it will go, not being smart but as high as you can get. Off hand, mine goes to about 600 mm.

[Kawh1]

Great, thanks for the info, I'll check it out - cheers

[Steam]

Also keep in mind that with a flat tyre the car is even lower.

[sonikk4]

We had a mid range size trolley Jack in the workshop that with a chunk of wood would enable me to fit the car on the spit

The ones you get inHalfords etc are fine but I have a Clarke low entry one at home which for day to day jobs is fine. Any thing higher would need a bigger one.

[JVA10L]

I found this in an old BMC manual so I made one myself. Makes lifting the front with a trolley jack really easy.   JackBlock.JPG   65.6K   44 downloads  

[Ethel]

How high is the ceiling?

 

 

Seriously, how much  space you have to work in is as big a factor if you're to get the thing under the car & pump it up. Ask yourself why you'll be jacking it up, often you'll just need enough height to get an axle stand in. If you need to get it higher to get underneath, you can use timber blocks & lift it in stages. It gets more dangerous when you're jacking things at extreme angles more than how high you're lifting them

[Bunji81]

I found this in an old BMC manual so I made one myself. Makes lifting the front with a trolley jack really easy.  JackBlock.JPG  

found this to be quite interesting…. Has anyone tried it on any later models?

[sonscar]

I have a similar block for my 1989 car,though not to such exacting measurements.Cannot see why everyone would not have one,Steve..

[Maccmike8]

Ive got a low profile jack which goes really high.

Its not this one but not dissimilar - https://www.halfords...ZxoCAwMQAvD_BwE

[stuart bowes]

when they put it up on the lift in the garage it goes about 6 foot up in the air.. 

 

as mentioned angle is more of a danger than height.  If you're going up on 4 stands, do the back end a bit, level up the front end, front a bit more, level up the back, etc 

 

until you fit underneath, which for me (lockdown + pizza / indian takeaways) is much higher than I'd care to admit

 

I've got this one https://www.machinem...ft-low-profile/ which to be honest is a bit of a pain because the arm is quite long but you can half it if you need.  goes more than high enough.  I got a 2tonne one because I also do a lot of work on my Volvo

Edited by stuart bowes, 19 April 2022 - 04:42 PM.

[Ol timer]

Also keep in mind that with a flat tyre the car is even lower.

too right. I carry one in the car and had a flat at the front. couldn't get the jack under.. had to drive up a kerb then managed

[Spider]

 

Also keep in mind that with a flat tyre the car is even lower.

 

too right. I carry one in the car and had a flat at the front. couldn't get the jack under.. had to drive up a kerb then managed

 

 

I feel for a garage jack to do general maintenance to rebuilds, a trolley jack is the a good one to use.

For a Mini, I found the best jack to carry in it for changing flats and even minor road side repairs is the sill jack they came with or a scissor jack. Both store compact, weigh little, go very low, yet can raise up high. They are not terribly stable so not really recommended for doing any work per se, but for their intended use I think are fine.